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Gav.... wrote:
> Ok, so I now have something to work with.
>
> So you know, this is a summary of what I did. (There is a question at the
> end of all this)
>
> 1. Followed Davids Dispatcher Quick Start with a 'forrest test-sample'
> rather than seed-v2.
> 2. Copied Ross' coat.fv into
> /project_home/src/documentation/resources/themes/pili.fv
> 3. In /themes/ dir created /pili/ subdir and in /pili/ created /css/ subdir.
> 4. Copied Ross' coat.css into /themes/pili/css/ directory.
> 5. Edit forrest.properties and changed 'project.theme=pelt' to
> 'project.theme=pili'
> 6. 'forrest run' from project_home, works fine, Ross' default theme shows up
> nicely.
> 7. Made a few changes to pili.fv, refresh browser shows them nicely.
> 8. Made changes to pili.css, however file is locked for use and can not save
> changes.
I've noticed this happening on windows too. It doesn't always happen. I
find that if you refresh the browser again it will usually release the lock.
I've never noticed this happen on Linux.
> 9. Stop Jetty, Make changes to pili.css, restart with 'forrest run' , css
> changes show up fine.
See above.
> 10. Complete rework of CSS adding more of my own stuff, rework pili.fv also.
> (hence the renaming of ross' coat into pili, didnt want to spoil it.)
> 11. Upload to web space using ForrestBot.
> 12. Test in Web Browser, looks the same as localhost:8888 as it should.
Cool ;-)
Can you put the above into a "how to create a new theme" faq. Remove all
references to "Ross'" - it's not mine its the communities, it even has
code from your good self in it remember ;-)
Don't worry that the above is just a load of bullet points, a start for
documentation is always useful.
> The above should see most people through, after more testing I want to make
> it known :-
>
> 13. Make some more changes to pili.fv and pili.css.
> 14. Tested local, works fine.
> 15. Uploaded to webspace using ForrestBot.
> 16. Changes do not seem to have made it onto server.
>
> Some changes I made required that an index.fv be deleted. ForrestBot does
> not know how to
> delete from server, hence my changes were not carried across.
Please raise an issue for this one, we'll need to sort that out.
> Anyway, as a recap, I wanted my pili theme to more or less resemble
> http://minitutorials.com
>
> Here is my first attempt at getting it like that, it is not yet complete -
> http://apache.minitutorials.com
>
> I hope you agree they are similar.
Yep, you are certainly moving forward :-)
> Now for the question, in fact, no I'll put it in a different subject.
OK...
Ross